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Bushwick Avenue & Scholes Street, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1934 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street, 1934–1936

    Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street

    1934; 1936

  • Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street, 1934–1936

    Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street

    1934; 1936

  • Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street, 1934–1936

    Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street

    1934; 1936

  • Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Bushwick Avenue, 1935–1937

    Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Bushwick Avenue

    1935; 1937

  • Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Bushwick Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Bushwick Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Bushwick Avenue, 1935–1937

    Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Bushwick Avenue

    1935; 1937

  • Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street

    1937

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Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street, 1937

Photo 8 of 9 at Bushwick Avenue & Scholes Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Scholes Street

1937

(1) Bushwick Ave., north of Scholes Street, showing at the left, the new apartments being erected under the Federal Housing Administration. At the right, are the steeples of St. Catherine's Hospital. February 1, 1937. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, showing the new Federal Housing Administration sponsored buildings which replaced old tenements. July 23, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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